BP CEO Tony Hayward: Master of his domain
As the Gulf continues to fill with crude and the gunk threatens to hit Florida's tourist trap beaches by the weekend, I'm astounded (as always) by America's ever-forgiving attitude to big business.
'Big' is the operative word because we don't really give a sh*t about small businesses - or even larger businesses - that are owned and operated in this country. Nope. The only businesses we love are multinational and the bigger the better.
Imagine if BP had been a family restaurant instead of an earth-raping megacorp. Imagine if a couple of customers had got sick - maybe a roach spotted in the kitchen. They'd have been shut down faster than a CAIR speaker at a Tea Party. But as it is, BP gets to kill 11 employees, poison three states' coasts, destroy local economies and put people's health at risk for decades to come. Are they shut down? Nope. Are they put in jail? Nope. All that happens is some vague talk of possible criminal investigations and maybe some fines.
So next time you see BP CEO Tony Hayward whine about how America's biggest environmental disaster ever is impacting his vacation schedule, don't get mad. Just wonder at the preternatural tolerance we have for corporate crime that still allows Hayward to roam the gulf coast without getting lynched from the nearest oil-sodden tree. We get what we ask for.
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I say we start with throwing this scumbag into jail then work our way down. These fucks need to be delt with swiftly and with extreme prejudice.
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